The Deplorable One thinks that we will believe that resigning from his companies means that he is divesting; nope! many of us are not falling for this con, and neither is the group of constitutional lawyers and academics bringing this lawsuit. Yea!!

Thanks so much dear Nerdy, we need this happy place now more than ever. The orange one is in every newspaper, on every TV station. So lovely to have a space where we do not have to look at him!! (Looking forward to his tax returns though!)❤❤❤😘

Our Fab ladies: One shared umbrella, one purpose, one heart. One Black, one White, both authentic, loving, open, with a relatable intelligence and warmth. Women who have had the backs, sides, and fronts of their beloveds, who stand tall with them. Our ladies with expressions on their faces that mirror what many of us felt. Partners working together, supporting each other to the very end. I love them.

What ho Peeps, just heard this woman interviewed on the Karen Hunter show on Sirius ; liked what she had to say and she has a weekly action checklist you can sign up for. See also: https://www.womensmarch.com/100/ — 10 actions over the next 100 days.

Why do I get the feeling that true to their shameless plagiarizing record, the GOP will just rename the TPP and pass it as their own work?

Of course they will first strip out the environmental and labor rights, science and other stuff that helps regular people domestically and abroad.

reason I suspect that this will be route is because of the constitute they are eager to always serve (the 1%, big business & military contractors) really supported TPP.
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In the end, the Dems who worked hard to kill TPP will end up loosing all the protections and benefits that PBO had insisted on including;

sometime shortsighted thinking and refusal to accept reality or compromise hurts more than what you claimed to gain.

ok, may be my thinking is wrong but one thing I know for sure is there is no way that the greedy corrupted gop party would choose the interest of the workers over corporate profits

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LOVE IT!!

Also, you’ll notice at the bottom of PBO and Michelle’s page, there are links to OFA and the Obama Foundation.

I attended the women’s march in DC Saturday. It was incredible. We were packed in on the mall so I never heard any speakers or even saw the big screen. But the people and their signs and chants were fantastic. We had to march an alternative route because the official one was packed but we made it down Pennsylvania Ave. Supporters were on the bleachers that had been set up for the parade, on roofs and along the sidewalks. Everyone was nice and unlike the tea party, everyone could spell. People cheered for each other. It was an awesome day and made me feel better.I live at the shore in NJ and it is very red so being with like minded people was good for morale.

We have formed a Call to Action Committee in my local DEM Committee….trying engage DEMs in our area for the necessary fight that is ahead of us…we have joined the Tuesdays With Toomey (TWT) which has gathered at the office of Sen Toomey..for the past 8 weeks…to pressure him around Health Care…Education…and the Senate confirmations.. we will be there tomorrow…This group has grown from a few to at least 100 participants..and they are beginning to gather at Toomey’s other district offices around the state..Whoooooooo Hoooooo…

our Call to Action committee is also focused on organizing block by block with the intention of increasing voter turn out in 2017…and 2018…

i am thinking about attending the OFA organizing school…encouraging my daughter as well…Al Giordano tweeted about it…and i got an email….must be fate

🙄 The Washington Post doesn’t have any more worthy topic to focus their attention during these early, and scary, days of The Idiot’s reign? And why shouldn’t the Obamas ‘make money now’? Other presidential couples have done so, and The Os will definitely have something worthwhile to say!

This is outstanding! They are going after all of his shit from properties and deals to The Apprentice revenue. The constitution is clear, no fuzzy language for him to dodge around successfully, in its statement about emoluments and these are some heavy-weight minds (Laurence Tribe was PPBO’s professor at Harvard) that are listed in the suit. WooHoo!

Typical bullies. They can dish it out for more than 8 years with the help of a powerful media, but they are whining after only 3 days in power. PBO and MO, and Hillary had the steel spines to stand up to it. These asswipes are as weak as they are vicious.

The storm clipped through my area of NE Fla. then wrecked havoc in south Georgia. 19 people were killed, homes destroyed, uprooted trees everywhere. No federal response yet even though requests have gone in to DT. I do not know if he is even aware of it, sine he is so busy getting in women’s bodies, raising people’s mortgages, and checking on his ratings.

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These are not normal times. These are extraordinary times. And extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures.
When you have a spokesperson for the president of the United States wrap up a lie in the Orwellian phrase “alternative facts”…
When you have a press secretary in his first appearance before the White House reporters threaten, bully, lie, and then walk out of the briefing room without the cajones to answer a single question… …
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I don’t do FaceBook. I need someone who is capable to find a way to make this into a Tweet format so many here can read it too.

A time is approaching when the various governmental institutions may need to practice civil disobedience when they are asked to do things by this misbegotten administration that amount to crimes against the republic. I read something shortly after the election that stated some in the upper echelons of the military were checking to see if there are ways for them not to follow the CIC’s orders that may be illegal. I see a time in which everyone in power will have to stand up and clearly answer the question of “Who you wit.” If we follow through on the actions begun this weekend, in the courts, on the streets, and on the ballot, I foresee a 2nd civil war in which we will finally answer the questions of who we are and what this country stands for. You know, I am not neither afraid nor depressed. The battle lines are drawn, the choices are clear and we are engaged.

Like I said, some Dems always seem to have no backbone when it counts but maybe there is more to the story though. The funny thing is that I truly believe the people are on their own here and may need to get a committed non-political face(s) passionate about the cause.

This is not a time for fear, this is a time for determined response, step up and be counted no matter what.What people do not realise is that President Obama and his team subsidized the people’s actions by working behind the scenes to get laws passed.
Now he and his team are no longer there to do this work, meaning making phone calls to elected officials is not enough, matching once is not enough. Congress must fear the movement more than they fear the current administration to stop it from taking the country into the abyss and the current administration must fear the movement or they will do whatever they want.

Same goes for US allies, some may need to find other alliances due to the departure of the US govt from shared values. A lot of change is coming. I repeat this is not the time to fear but to be stubborn / determined to respond for good.

Seems your new president has no idea about anything he is signing – and the media is concentrating on such issues as how many attended the inauguration and why people marched on Saturday. As usual they are following the GOP playbook. I don’t know everything he has signed to date (GOP like to hide such things) but I have found these in our media

1. CIA director confirmed as Mike Pompeo, despite torture concerns
2. Donald Trump withdraws US from TPP3:58
3. US to send big military aircraft contingent to Darwin – this one really really bothers me – we signed a defense agreement with PBO and now are we forced to do Trump’s bidding!!!
4. Trump reinstates abortion gag rule as women’s rights advocates express dismay (related to foreign aid)
5. Donald Trump has become the single biggest market influencer of our time. – which has a massive influence on world wide investments/savings.

Every one of these issues impacts countries outside of the US.

I shall be in shock for 4 years (if I survive them – my finances sure will not). PBO indicating he will concentrate on voting rights may be the salvation of sanity. One can only hope.

One of the most dangerous things about this new president of the US is that no one really knows who is the POTUS. There are too many players, from his daughter and son-in-law to the russians. That makes it difficult to even guess what will come next because no one knows all the people in the shadows and which one has his ear this week.